"Get it down," he said. "Take chances.It may be bad, but that's the only way you can do anything good."

VOA: special.2010.01.03

You can also post comments. We invite you to share your own experiences good or bad with pruning plants and trees.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

In a poker game you do not want to let your opponents know if your cards are good or bad.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest and say "Do not bad mouth me."

VOA: special.2010.06.20

If someone does something bad to you, you should not do the same to him.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

You could say,for example, that a bad idea is not worth a hill of beans.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

In some fields, like law enforcement, bad credit means you cannot get a job.

VOA: special.2009.04.10

It is bad luck for you and me.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

Stubbornness gets you through the bad times.

VOA: special.2011.02.27

"You do not know how bad that is going to be. There have been children who have died from the swine flu,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

"It sends a very strong message to the local population that if you have dangerous guests, be prepared for very bad consequences,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.19

"So you know in Afghanistan it's really hard to compare the good guys from the bad guys."

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

"You start hearing that bad kid telling the next kid, 'That's not the right way,'" The boxing gym unites young people from across Washington.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

"When we were watching the news, it seemed really bad,you know, like most of the hospitals went down and we need to give them food,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.18